ALASKA AT EIGHTY - DAY FIVE

This afternoon there was a crew laying out objects in a grid pattern in the empty parking lot behind the condo. They measure precisely each row, the distance between rows, and the distance between each object in that row. It was six person team doing all the work. 

When done, they had laid out twenty rows with ten objects in each row.  After retrieving the binoculars, I discovered these objects were drones. This was my first opportunity to witness close at hand the set up and operation of a drone light show. 

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Drone light shows are more common here as the danger of forest fires worsen each year.

 Now every thing is set, we wait for nightfall and the show.

When a 200 drone squadron launches...

When the drones rose quickly overhead, going above the condo building. They were soon out of sight, 

so I rushed outside to the front of the building to capture this video.

You are not seeing about eight minutes of the ten minute show. I was behind the drone so when images were made, it was hard to discipher it, plus the operator said it is a short show due to drone battery life.

That was so cool to see a drone light show this close to the behind the scenes action. I cannot begin to imagine the complexity of managing fleets of drones in warfare.

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The big negative of the day was discovering a flat rear tire on the Goldwing. Then my travel air compressor did not work... grrrr. 

No jack, no air compressor and no ideas what happened. 

First solution, install a new fuse to get the compressor working. The tire seems to air up some, at least rideable to town. Then found out no tire shops or auto parts... stores are open until Monday... this is a holiday weekend. Grrrr...

Without a jack of sorts, I cannot raise the rig to rotate the tire, to find what caused the air loss.

Sunday, True Value hardware opened. Darn, they sold their only auto scissor jack last week.  Next closest jack would be in Taos, twenty-five miles away.

There is a small, one man auto repair shop in Angel Fire. He returned my call to say he'll be back in town to open up Monday morning, 9 AM.

So that is where we stand on Sunday.

The adventure continues...

Ride safe, Ride far.

CCjon